Without Honor : Defeat in Vietnam and Cambodia by Arnold R. Isaacs (1990, Hardcover)

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" Without Honoris a courageous and honest book about a period of American history which most would rather forget." -- Seymour Hersh A gripping account of one of the century's most harrowing human catastrophes -- the fall of South Vietnam -- Without Honorcaptures the tragedy and the irony of the Vietnam War's last days and examines the consequences of the American military and political decisions that had sustained the war effort for a generation only to lead to the worst foreign policy failure in the nation's history. Arnold Isaacs, who spent the final years of the war in Vietnam as a correspondent for the Baltimore Sun, describes his firsthand observations of the collapse of Cambodia and South Vietnam -- from the 1973 Paris peace agreement to the American evacuation of Saigon and its aftermath -- with heartbreaking detail, from the devastated battlefields and villages to the boats filled with terrified refugees. He also provides an historical record of unparalleled accuracy and depth about the strategic decisions made during the war's end game and the intelligence failure that led Americans and their Southeast Asian allies to underestimate the strength and perseverance of the enemy. Drawing on previously classified military documents, field reports from American advisors, eyewitness accounts by soldiers and civilians, and North Vietnamese propaganda broadcasts, Isaacs offers a compelling and compassionate portrait of the impact of America's "Vietnamization" of the conflict and a bracing indictment of political and military leaders in the United States and both Vietnams for the massive human suffering that accompanied the end of the war. "Vivid and very passionate... [Isaacs] succeeds so brilliantly that one almost wishes -- before our near-universal national forgetfulness and instinct for self-justification take over for good -- that all candidates for public office could be required to pass a public examination of its contents." -- Gene Lyons, Newsweek "Impassioned... Isaacs's anguished chapter on the collapse of the city of Da Nang, where the first American Marines had landed in 1965, is reason enough to read his fast-paced report." -- John Spragens, Jr., Commonweal "A sound and interesting narrative, which succeeds in combining vivid images of the war with the statistics and analysis that are essential of historical perspective... A good book." -- Times Literary Supplement "A wonderful weave of Isaacs' eyeball-reporting and subsequent, intense research. The thud and blood of combat in the wailing of mortally wounded nations are here. So are the softer sounds of negotiations, riffled documents, the sigh of broken agreements, and the tinkle of glass on conference tables." -- Paul Dean, Los Angeles Times Book Review "The most complete account of the fall of Indochina... A biting indictment of American policy... The immediacy and impact of his book is compelling." -- Reviews in American History

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Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press
ISBN-10
0801830605
ISBN-13
9780801830600
eBay Product ID (ePID)
1586391

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Author
Arnold R. Isaacs
Publication Name
Without Honor : Defeat in Vietnam and Cambodia
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Publication Year
1990
Type
Textbook
Number of Pages
576 Pages

Dimensions

Item Length
9in
Item Width
6in
Item Weight
23.5 Oz

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Lc Classification Number
Ds557.7
Reviews
"Reportage at its very best, conveying even now a breathtaking kind of immediacy... This is a meaty, fact-rich book, peppered with interpretations, not judgments... Without Honor deserves attention, for it offers vivid recollections of key moments in the war, set down with honesty by a man who saw and felt deeply."--Douglas Pike, New York Times Book Review
Copyright Date
1983
Target Audience
Scholarly & Professional
Topic
Military / Vietnam War, International Relations / General
Lccn
83-048054
Dewey Decimal
959.704/3
Dewey Edition
21
Illustrated
Yes
Genre
History, Political Science

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